Morning Report

The West Coast is set to benefit from a major cash injection from the Provincial Growth Fund. The government has announced a $140 million package focused largely on tourism and economic development… Read more Audio

An unknown number of trucks are on the roads operated by companies that are on the verge of being shut down for safety reasons. Twenty truck companies have been warned they could lose their licences… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

An early look at the day's business news, and a catch up on overnight action of world markets.  Audio

A long-time sufferer of chronic pain says she relies on cannabis, but the Government still won't let her use it legally. The Health Minister David Clark's extending his medicinal cannabis legislation… Read more Audio

The Tall Blacks can clinch their place at next year's basketball World Cup this weekend following a 95-69 win over Jordan in Christchurch last night. Audio

Twenty trucking firms face being shut down over safety failures. The Health Minister wants to let more people use medicinal cannabis, some say he should go further and* Huawei says it hasn't been told… Read more Audio

While fires and flooding ravage Australia, across the ditch New Zealand's summer is looking comparatively average.

The meteorological institute has issued its December to February seasonal climate… Read more Audio

Plans for a cycleway and a seawall in Kaikōura have been scrapped to preserve the Mangamaunu Bay surfbreak - dubbed the Malibu of New Zealand. The Surfbreak Protection Society took legal action which… Read more Audio

The Netherlands' state-run rail company has agreed to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their relatives for transporting Jews to a Nazi transit camp. More than 100,000 Jews were taken to the… Read more Audio

Ahead of celebrations to mark Captain Cook's arrival in New Zealand, a Gisborne iwi is demanding an apology for the atrocities he brought upon their people. The English explorer landed on the shores… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio